Open Data

Databricks

Databricks is a company founded by the creators of Apache Spark , [1] which aims to help customers with cloud-based big data processing using Spark. [2] [3] Databricks grew out of the AMPLab project at UC Berkeley, which was involved in making Apache Spark , a distributed computing framework built atop Scala . Databricks Develops a web-based platform for working with Spark That Provides automated cluster management and IPython -style notebooks . In addition to building the Databricks platform, the company is co-organizing massive open online coursesabout Spark [4] Spark – Spark Summit.

Matei Zaharia , Chief Technologist, who created Apache Spark while a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Berkeley, and is currently a professor at Stanford University . [5] [6]

Funding

In September 2013, Databricks announced that it was $ 13.9 million from Andreessen Horowitz and said it would be an alternative to Google’s MapReduce system. [2] [7] In June 2014, Databricks Raised to $ 33 Million B Series, led by New Enterprise Associates , along with additional investment from the A Investor Series Andreessen Horowitz . [3] [8] [9] Databricks, founded by the team that created Spark , is closely involved with the development of Apache Spark, an open-source project incubated by the Apache Foundation . [10]In 2016 the company raised $ 60 million, bringing the total funding to over $ 100 million. [11]